New York Laws
Article 12-B - Home Inspection Professional Licensing
444-G - Duty of Care of Home Inspectors.

(a) perform or offer to perform, for any additional fee, any repair,
improvement or replacement of any component or system in a residential
building for which such inspector, or partner thereof shall have
prepared a home inspection report prior to the close of escrow. This
paragraph shall not include repairs to components and systems not
included in the standards of practice adopted pursuant to this article;
(b) inspect any residential building in which such inspector, partner
or relative thereof has a financial interest or any interest in the
transfer thereof, including the receipt of any commission as an agent;
(c) offer to provide or provide any commission, referral fee or
kickback to the seller of any inspected residential building, or to the
agent of either or both the seller and buyer of such building, for the
referral of any business to such inspector or partner thereof; or
(d) agree to perform any home inspection or prepare any home
inspection report for which compensation or employment is contingent
upon the conclusions of the home inspection report, pre-established or
prescribed findings, or the closing of a real estate transaction.
Nothing in this article authorizes a home inspector to practice
engineering or architecture.